Book Title: Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies

Authors: Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, Laura Heston, and Sonny Nordmarken

Book Description: This textbook introduces key feminist concepts and analytical frameworks used in the interdisciplinary Women, Gender, Sexualities field. It unpacks the social construction of knowledge and categories of difference, processes and structures of power and inequality, with a focus on gendered labor in the global economy, and the historical development of feminist social movements. The book emphasizes feminist sociological approaches to analyzing structures of power, drawing heavily from empirical feminist research.

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This textbook introduces key feminist concepts and analytical frameworks used in the interdisciplinary Women, Gender, Sexualities field. It unpacks the social construction of knowledge and categories of difference, processes and structures of power and inequality, with a focus on gendered labor in the global economy, and the historical development of feminist social movements. The book emphasizes feminist sociological approaches to analyzing structures of power, drawing heavily from empirical feminist research.

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This book is a cloned version of Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies by Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, Laura Heston, Sonny Nordmarken and Kang, and Miliann, published using Pressbooks by University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries under a CC BY (Attribution) license. It may differ from the original.

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Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, Laura Heston, and Sonny Nordmarken

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Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies by Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, Laura Heston, Sonny Nordmarken is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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Gender studies: women & girls

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Title
Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies
Authors
Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, Laura Heston, and Sonny Nordmarken
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies by Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, Laura Heston, Sonny Nordmarken is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Primary Subject
Gender studies: women & girls
Additional Subject(s)
Sex & sexuality, social aspects
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Publication Date
June 30, 2017
Ebook ISBN
978-1-945764-02-8